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[|Educate Librarians for Alabama] a LiveBinder created by Carolyn Starkey. Use the tabs along the top of the binder to navigate between pages. Most of the articles are found under **Background: Role of School**. Notice the links to articles directly under the tab.

[] Library Media Specialist job description from Howard County Public School System

[] Library Media Specialist job description from Norman Public School District

An interesting advocacy video about the role of School Libraries in the 21st century … // [] //

School Librarian and staff job descriptions and program evaluations: []

Some descriptions to consider: · [|Digital Services Librarian] · Tame the Web: Libraries and Technology A Weblog by Michael Stephens [|Another L2/Web 2.0 Job Description!] · [|School Library Media Program Evaluation (SLMPE) Rubric] · [|National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: Library Media Standards]
 * Large collection of job descriptions and program evaluations [|Resources for School Librarians: School Library Standards and Evaluation]

__**The following was taken from a May 5, 2011 email sent from Michael Borges [director@nyla.org], NYLA Director:**__

ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) has established a Digital Literacy Task Force to “look across all types of library settings to identify common concerns and develop a shared vision for improving services and positioning libraries in this evolving role.” See link for more info [] Which is ALA speak for identifying best practices, standards and curriculum from around the country, including NYS standards that were developed with significant input from NYLA, and hopefully coming to a consensus around some national guidelines on digital literacy. NYS standards were developed by the NYS Broadband Council with the intent that a digitally literate New Yorker would have the same skills and understanding whether they took a course or workshop in Buffalo or Brooklyn, and includes basic computer, software, internet and information literacy benchmarks. See link for more info on NYS Standards, which we hope all libraries will incorporate in their training workshops/programs, etc. []